If the State of Palestine requests the Resolution, troops can legally enter Gaza and the rest of Palestine as well, as the ICJ has found that Israel has no sovereignty or authority in Gaza, the West Bank, or East Jerusalem, and their presence there is entirely unlawful. Thus, the only required consent is the State of Palestine, (although the resolution should also call for full cooperation from Egypt and Jordan to facilitate the staging and entry of the UN force).
· The State of Palestine would be the best, quickest, and most favorable UN member to approve the resolution and submit it to the UN General Assembly, but any country can call for an ESS of the GA to begin the same process. Co-sponsors from a small group of core countries from each region of the world should be sought and lobbied, such as South Africa, Namibia, Spain, Ireland, and Norway. The State of Palestine and the General Assembly would then decide which countries would send troops and armaments into Gaza, and potentially the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
· The entire State of Palestine is also under occupation and faces difficulties; acknowledging this and understanding the political dynamics and contradictions there can help us understand how to best approach and work with them...
--Dear Comrades,Yesterday on my trip to NYC, one goal was to hand out the letter (see attachment) that I sent to Dr Monsour regarding his call for, “dispatch of an international protection force to the OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territories) and acceleration of unfettered humanitarian assistance by the UN and international organizations” to as many of the folks working in the Palestinian Mission as possible. The first person that the letter was handed to was no other than Dr. Monsour himself. I mentioned I had sent it to him on behalf of millions of people who support his call, but “we both know it has to come from you calling an ESS of the General Assembly calling for a Uniting for Peace Resolution”. He didn’t comment, but he took the flyer and was reading it as he drove off.The ask from you is this! he saw one old guy handing him a flyer, for all he knows I just came out of my basement and with delusional fantasies and am asking for this to happen. What he needs to know NOW is that there are people all over the globe who unite with this letter, and are part of a movement calling for his immediate action to implement what is in the letter.He has the letter now. Let’s show him just how widespread this feeling is! You are all smart, and a form letter never gets as much attention as a personal one, so I am asking you to email Dr. Monsour NOW, saying or paraphrasing “I am glad you personally were given our letter in front of the Palestinian Mission yesterday and just want you to know, that that letter comes from me as well. Put your name and country on it. It should not be long, and does not have to list any atrocities or further reasons why he must do it. BUT IT MUST be written to him as a friend and supporter of his Call, NOT as an antagonistic letter, no matter how much you want to include those feelings. Unite with HIS call to action sent to the Security Council, but state that you recognize that the only path forward is for him to call an Emergency meeting of the General Assembly to call for a uniting for peace resolution with the inclusion of all which was in the letter he received yesterday.If he receives a few thousand letters from around the globe, that may be the initial eye opener for him that people know the letter to the SS is useless, but we are holding his words dear, and expecting him to act on those words in a way that he is capable of making it happen.8/14/25Eric RubinHere is the letter I handed him:Response to Dr. Riyad Mansour Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to United Nations Ref. SGC. 154/25 dated 25 July 2025.Dear Dr. Riyad Mansour,Thank you for your bold and decisive document Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations Ref. SGC. 154/25 dated 25 July 2025. In your position as the official voice of the State of Palestine your words are listened to and respected, and the world unites with your powerful statement and call for immediate and decisive action. “It is time to protect Palestinian civilians, including children, and to preserve their right to life, by the dispatch of an international protection force to the OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territories) and acceleration of unfettered humanitarian assistance by the UN and international organizations.”However, we are not clear on why you have addressed this letter to H.E. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, The President of the Security Council of the United Nations, with the following closing statement, "I should be grateful if you would arrange to have the present letter circulated to the Security Council members for their valuable consideration and distributed as an official document of the Security Council,” when there is a way to circumvent the pitfalls of the Security Council and have the General Assembly move immediately to fulfil your request?Instead, we urge you to call for something that can work and that can NOT be overridden by a Security Council veto, and which has been used by other member states of the UN, to achieve their goals: Resolution 377 (V) Uniting For Peace, adopted on 3 November 1950, designed to empower the General Assembly to act when the Security Council is paralyzed by lack of unanimity among permanent members.As we are sure you are aware of, any country can call for an ESS, but since Palestine is the State facing the genocide, if you as the official representative of the State of Palestine call for it, the mechanisms are obligated to immediately address your call, as the request will be from the State/Country under attack. In light of this, we respectfully request that you immediately call for an Emergency Special Session (ESS) of the General Assembly under the Uniting for Peace Resolution, with a draft text that includes the following measures:I. Authorizing a UN-Mandated Multinational Armed Protective Force to GazaThe force shall be armed for self-defense and equipped with advanced monitoring technologies.· Its mandate will include:o Safeguarding Palestinian civilians from further violence and displacemento Supporting the UN’s unrestricted entry and distribution of humanitarian aid, including efforts from civil society to break the siege by sea under the Global Sumud Flotilla Coalitiono Preserving and securing evidence of potential war crimes and human rights violationso Facilitating the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza’s civilian infrastructureII. Calls on All Member States to:o Mandate an immediate, lasting ceasefire, require Israel to withdraw all armed forces from Gaza, and halt all attacks by air, land, and seao Impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Israelo Cease all trade, investment, economic, diplomatic, and cultural relations with the Israeli governmento Strip Israel of its United Nations credentialso Reaffirm the right of the Palestinian people to use all necessary means to resist colonial domination and foreign occupation, including through armed struggle in accordance with international lawAs you so clearly state “We appeal to all States to seize the occasion to implement their words and commitments with real, collective action to fulfill their legal, political, humanitarian and moral obligations to stop the genocide in Gaza and to finally end Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine.”We urge you to act without delay to call for the ESS of the General Assembly on 29th July, 2025. With your call for the ESS for the implementation of the Uniting for Peace Resolution the concrete process enshrined in the United Nations would begin, not only to call on all General Assembly members to vote on this resolution, but also it begins the process of all member countries to assess what capabilities they can offer for the deployment of a UN mandated multinational armed protective force into Gaza immediately.We will match your actions with global noise and support from the streets. Do the right thing and the world will support your call and stand with you.Respectfully submitted,Eric Rubin spokesperson for www.peopleagainstgenocideeverywhere.org and our affiliated global partners
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